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BINDING -- Pope GREGORY IX. Decretales D. Gregorii Papae IX. suae integritati una' cum glossis restitutae, Ad exemplar Romanum diligenter recognitae. Venice: 1600.
Large 4° (245 x 174mm). Title in red and black with large woodcut portrait of Gregory XIII, two full-page woodcut illustrations. Contemporary Roman red morocco bound for Cardinal Scipione Borghese Caffarelli by the atelier of the Soresini, elaborately gilt, covers with a broad border tooled with the armorial bearings of the Borghese family, a winged dragon and a spread eagle, and the Caffarelli lion, surrounding the centrally-placed arms of Cardinal Borghese, the Borghese arms quartered with those of Caffarelli, surmounted by a cardinal's hat, spine in five compartments with raised bands, three with lions, winged dragon, a spread eagle and salamanders, gilt and gauffered edges (uppermost and lowest compartments of spine replaced, corners repaired, ties lacking), modern half morocco box.
Provenance: Cardinal Scipione Borghese Caffarelli (1576-1633, binding); Victor von Stedingk (armorial bookplate, illustrated: no.45 Victor von Stedingks Bokband).
The second of a three-volume set of the Corpus Juris Canonici bound by the foremost atelier of the period for Scipione Caffarelli, probably in 1605 to coincide with his appointment as a cardinal. The appointment was made by his uncle Pope Paul V Borghese, and Scipione, on entering the Sacred College, adopted the name and arms of Borghese. The first and third volumes of this set appeared in Breslauer Cat.110 items 69 and 70.
Large 4° (245 x 174mm). Title in red and black with large woodcut portrait of Gregory XIII, two full-page woodcut illustrations. Contemporary Roman red morocco bound for Cardinal Scipione Borghese Caffarelli by the atelier of the Soresini, elaborately gilt, covers with a broad border tooled with the armorial bearings of the Borghese family, a winged dragon and a spread eagle, and the Caffarelli lion, surrounding the centrally-placed arms of Cardinal Borghese, the Borghese arms quartered with those of Caffarelli, surmounted by a cardinal's hat, spine in five compartments with raised bands, three with lions, winged dragon, a spread eagle and salamanders, gilt and gauffered edges (uppermost and lowest compartments of spine replaced, corners repaired, ties lacking), modern half morocco box.
Provenance: Cardinal Scipione Borghese Caffarelli (1576-1633, binding); Victor von Stedingk (armorial bookplate, illustrated: no.45 Victor von Stedingks Bokband).
The second of a three-volume set of the Corpus Juris Canonici bound by the foremost atelier of the period for Scipione Caffarelli, probably in 1605 to coincide with his appointment as a cardinal. The appointment was made by his uncle Pope Paul V Borghese, and Scipione, on entering the Sacred College, adopted the name and arms of Borghese. The first and third volumes of this set appeared in Breslauer Cat.110 items 69 and 70.